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Mary Shelley

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. (Source.)

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British writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851

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  • Cover of: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    First published in 1980 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein (Graphic Horror) (Graphic Horror)

    First published in 2007 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition frankenstein0000genc_g8n4 Cover of edition frankensteingrap00shel
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  • Cover of: Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror

    First published in 1963 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1981 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The romance of Mary W. Shelley, John Howard Payne and Washington Irving.

    First published in 1907 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition romanceofmarywsh00shelrich
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    First published in 1994 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2005 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1986 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus

    First published in 1994 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1981 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Mary Shelley reader: containing Frankenstein, Mathilda, tales and stories, essays and reviews, and letters

    First published in 1990 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1987 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2009 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Frankenstein galvanized: includes Mary Shelley Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus : the 1818 text plus analysis and commentary

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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British writer (1797–1851)

Born 30 August 1797
Died 1 February 1851
Subjects
Fiction, Horror stories, Horror tales, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, English Authors, short stories, Fiction, horror, Juvenile fiction, Monsters, Scientists, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Correspondence, Fiction, science fiction, general, Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), American Horror tales, English Horror tales, English literature, Frankenstein (fictitious character), fiction, History, Scientists, fiction, horror, Biography, Drama
Places
Araby, Araby bazaar, North Richmond Street, England, Europe, Geneva (Switzerland), Italy, London, Lucerne, Toledo, Archangel, Buenos Aires, Devon, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Geneva, Germany, Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain, Jefferson, Lucca (Italy), Massachusetts, Memphis, Mississippi, New England
People
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Mangan's sister, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Ethelred, Father Time, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Alfred Doolittle, Berenice, Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), Colonel Killigrew, Colonel Pickering, Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Egaeus, Eliza Doolittle, Emily Grierson, Ernest Valdemar, Ezra Buckley, F. B. Sanborn (1831-1917), Faith Brown, Faucigny Lucinge, Fortunato
Time
19th century, 1268-1492, 1485-1509 (Henri VII), 14th century, 1600s, 1700s, 17th century, 1912, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 21st Century, Antebellum era, Carnival, Henry VII, 1485-1509

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  • Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
  • Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  • Mary W. Shelley
  • Mary Godwin Shelley

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May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
May 15, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 29, 2024 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten remove inventaire.io
September 7, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKAs
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import